Daily Top 10 Digital Updates

Google has added a dedicated business landing page to the Gemini app. Owners can save a brand kit for on-brand visuals, turn spreadsheets and receipts into financial charts, and connect Google Business Profile, Google Ads, Workspace and apps such as Shopify, Canva, Zoho and Xero. The rollout is global and starts in the coming days.

A Meta notice to advertisers, reported by PPC Land, says product browsing will turn on for existing Facebook and Instagram ads on 28 October 2026 unless advertisers opt out. People tapping an ad may see an in-app product experience instead of going straight to the website. The feature can be toggled off per ad.

LinkedIn announced creator tools on 15 October: a US-only In-Stream Ads test that pays invited creators for pre-roll video ads, paid Advice Sessions for US Business Premium members, a global creator dashboard, and a network-feed test that includes India. LinkedIn has not disclosed revenue shares.

Google announced new AI initiatives in India, including a $15 million Google.org commitment to The/Nudge to help MSMEs access formal credit, discover markets and handle compliance. The announcement also covered AI models for agriculture and free regional-language AI training for teachers with several state governments.

Google is moving inline links higher in AI Mode and AI Overviews answers and redesigning the Dive Deeper section with image thumbnails. It is also testing a top-of-answer section for official sites and clickable creator names on video results. Preferred Sources and news carousels are expanding to more locations and languages.

Google Ads is rolling out channel prioritization and budget allocation controls. Advertisers can mark channels such as Search partners or the Display Network as high or low priority and cap low-priority spend as a share of daily budget. The controls cover Search, Shopping, Performance Max and Demand Gen.

OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 in ChatGPT. Paid plans get GPT-6 Sol, and Free and Go users get GPT-6 Luna. It also launched Intelligent UI, which lets ChatGPT answer with charts, buttons, forms, interactive widgets and small tools such as calculators, and lets it start answering while still reasoning.

From 1 October 2026, Meta charges for WhatsApp Business Platform service messages beyond a free 1,000 per business phone number each month. It also charges for utility templates sent inside an open customer service window. Both had been free. Eligible government and non-profit senders remain exempt until the end of 2027.

Meta has launched Muse for Small Business, a version of its Muse AI agent that connects to Facebook Pages, Instagram professional analytics and Meta ad accounts. It also links to tools such as Shopify, Slack, Canva, QuickBooks, Stripe and Notion. It is free with usage limits, and a paid plan is available for heavier use.

Google began rolling out the September 2026 spam update on 24 September. It applies globally and to all languages and could take up to two weeks, longer than the year's earlier spam updates. Google described it as a normal spam update and did not say it targets link spam or announce any policy changes.

Google's September Demand Gen Drop adds Business Agent for YouTube Ads, a conversational AI that answers viewer questions alongside product-feed video ads. It also adds one-click image ads in YouTube Shorts and Gmail and Affiliate Location Extensions on Google Maps for retail networks and dealerships.

Google Search Console now reports web multimodal search, meaning searches made with images through Google Lens, Circle to Search, image uploads to Google Search and Chrome's Search this image. A new search type filter appears in the Performance and Generative AI reports, and the rollout is global.